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9/14/2012 6:52:34 PM

Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take their shoes off before entering a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)A French magazine on Friday published what appeared to be photos of Prince William's wife Kate sunbathing topless at a private house in southern France, prompting a strong condemnation from the royal family.


9/14/2012 6:43:55 PM

Anti-nuclear demonstrators gather outside Japanese PM Noda's official residence in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said it intends to stop using nuclear power by the 2030s, marking a major shift from policy goals set before last year's Fukushima disaster that sought to increase the share of atomic energy to more than half of electricity supply. Japan joins countries such as Germany and Switzerland in turning away from nuclear power after last year's earthquake unleashed a tsunami that swamped the Fukushima Daiichi plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. Japan was the third-biggest user of atomic energy before the disaster. ...


9/14/2012 6:40:26 PM
A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 31 people in northeastern Congo, more than doubling the death toll from a week ago, the U.N. health agency said Friday.
9/14/2012 6:36:18 PM

A protester throws a stone towards riot police, during clashes along a road which leads to the U.S. embassy, near Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians angry at a film they said was blasphemous to Islam on Friday hurled stones at a line of police in Cairo blocking the route to the U.S. embassy, where demonstrators climbed the walls and tore down the American flag earlier this week. "God is greatest" and "There is no god but God", one group near the front of the clashes chanted, as police in riot gear fired tear gas and threw stones back in a street leading from Tahrir Square to the embassy nearby. About 300 people had gathered to protest, some waving flags with religious slogans. ...


9/14/2012 6:36:18 PM
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The air space over Benghazi airport has been closed for security reasons, the airport manager in the eastern Libyan city said on Friday. "Benghazi air space has been closed since (2030 EDT) for routine security checks. It may be open in one hour," Taba Mohammed said. He would not elaborate on why the decision was made to close the air space. An attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. (Reporting by Hadeel Al-Shalchi; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
9/14/2012 6:30:09 PM

A currency trader reacts near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Asian stock markets bound higher Friday after investors got just what they wanted - big moves by the Federal Reserve to help the U.S. economy out of its funk. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)World stock markets shot higher Friday after the Federal Reserve met investor expectations by giving the green light to big asset purchases to boost the U.S. economy.


9/14/2012 6:29:23 PM

Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli arrives at Southwark Crown Court in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - A British prosecutor accused former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli on Friday of fraudulently gambling away $2.3 billion, believing he had the magic touch but instead causing "chaos and disaster to himself and to all those around him". Adoboli, 32, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of two counts of fraud and two counts of false accounting. He has pleaded not guilty. ...


9/14/2012 6:26:05 PM

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, Specialist David Pologruto works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke holds a news conference in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. No sooner did the Federal Reserve unveil a bold plan to juice the U.S. economy than it dangled the prospect of doing even more. Investors celebrated by sending stock prices jumping. Economists were less impressed. Many wonder how much the Fed's action would help. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:


9/14/2012 6:23:13 PM

Chicago Teachers Union members picket outside of the Chicago Teachers Acadamy in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students marked a week off classes on Friday as hopes of an imminent end to a teachers' strike proved optimistic and tedious negotiations over education reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel dragged on. Led by a fiery former high school chemistry teacher, Karen Lewis, 29,000 public school teachers and support staff walked out on Sunday in the first Chicago Teachers Union strike since 1987. The confrontation, the largest strike in the United States in a year, has galvanized the U.S. ...


9/14/2012 6:17:49 PM
The Fed's latest plan to spend billions on securities is being hailed by investors desperate for economic salvation. But in Hong Kong it's causing headaches for policymakers worried about a frothy property market.
9/14/2012 6:17:42 PM

Russian opposition lawmaker Gennady Gudkov holds a document as he speaks during a plenary session of the State Duma, the lower parliament chamber, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Russia's lower house of parliament is voting Friday Sept. 14, 2012 to expel Gudkov, who has angered the Kremlin with his scathing criticism and participation in opposition rallies. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)A former KGB colonel turned opposition lawmaker who has angered the Kremlin with his scathing criticism and involvement in street protests against President Vladimir Putin was stripped of his parliament seat on Friday.


9/14/2012 6:17:28 PM
A senior trader at Swiss bank UBS was a "master fraudster" who lost his bank $2.3 billion through risky deals and deceit in a bid to improve his status, bonus and job prospects, prosecutors said Friday.
9/14/2012 6:11:26 PM

Mine workers take part in a march at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa's North West ProvinceMARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Wildcat strikers at Lonmin's Marikana mine rejected a pay offer on Friday, dashing any hope of ending five weeks of industrial action that has swept through South Africa's platinum sector and laid bare the power struggle in the ruling ANC. Workers camped on a rocky outcrop at the mine, where police shot dead 34 protesters last month, dismissed the offer as way below the 12,500 rand they have been demanding. ...


9/14/2012 6:09:40 PM
A Japanese Cabinet panel called Friday for phasing out of nuclear power over the next three decades in a major shift for Japan as it overhauls energy policy following the Fukushima meltdowns.
9/14/2012 6:08:26 PM

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2008 file photo, Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun attends a press conference in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The Chinese police chief whose flight to a U.S. consulate set off a messy political scandal will stand trial Tuesday, Sept 18. 2012 on charges of attempted defection and bribery, as China's leadership tries to wrap up the turbulent affair before new leaders are put in power in coming weeks. (AP Photo, File) CHINA OUTA trial next week for a flamboyant former police chief marks the latest step by China's leadership to contain the fallout from a messy political scandal that disgraced a senior politician and complicated an unexpectedly bumpy handover of power to new leaders.


9/14/2012 6:04:21 PM

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schuble, right, talks to the Managing Director of IMF Christine Lagarde prior of the Informal European economic and financial affairs council in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. European finance ministers are gathering in Cyprus for two days of discussions about the debt crisis and the latest developments in Greece and Spain. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)Greece may be given some more breathing room to meet its bailout commitments but no more money, European finance ministers indicated Friday as they gathered in Cyprus for a top-level meeting.


9/14/2012 5:54:27 PM

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge walks at the Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery, to pay her respects to the war dead, in SingaporePARIS (Reuters) - French magazine Closer published a series of photos of Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, sunbathing topless on Friday, dealing a fresh blow to the royal family as it tries to move on from a scandal over naked shots of Prince Harry. Closer, a weekly round-up of celebrity gossip, ran a five-page spread of photos of Middleton relaxing topless with Prince William on a balcony at a 19th century hunting lodge in southern France it said is owned by a son of the late Princess Margaret. ...


9/14/2012 5:45:50 PM

Egyptian protesters clash with riot police near the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters clashed with police near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo for the third day in a row. Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi vowed to protect foreign embassies in Cairo, where police were using tear gas to disperse protesters at the U.S. mission. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Egypt's president says it's up to Muslims as part of their Islamic duty to protect embassies and foreign diplomats who are guests in the country.


9/14/2012 5:36:39 PM

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge meets well-wishers during a walk through a central city park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)The British palace will investigate a French magazine's claim of having topless photographs of Prince William's wife, Kate, an aide to the royal couple said Friday.


9/14/2012 5:31:01 PM
Striking South African miners say they are rejecting a Lonmin platinum mine wage offer of a 900 rand ($112.50) increase that would give new-entry workers a basic monthly salary of 5,500 rand ($688).
9/14/2012 5:30:46 PM
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police seized a cache of explosive-laden vests, grenades and automatic rifles in an overnight raid on a Nairobi apartment on Friday, thwarting an imminent attack by Somali Islamist militants, a senior police official said. East Africa's biggest economy has been on a heightened state of security since Nairobi sent troops into Somalia to crush al Qaeda-linked insurgents who carried out a double suicide bombing in neighbouring Uganda in 2010. Western embassies in Kenya have warned of potential attacks several times in the last nine months. ...
9/14/2012 5:28:56 PM
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Striking miners at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine rejected a pay offer from management on Friday, dashing hopes for an end to a five-week strike. The strikers gathered on a rocky outcrop near the mine said Lonmin's offer was well below the 12,500 rand they are demanding to return to work.
9/14/2012 5:25:19 PM

Opposition lawmaker Gennady Gudkov speaks to the media in his office in Moscow, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Gudkov, former KGB officer, has played a key role in protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)Russian lawmakers on Friday debated whether to kick out of Parliament a former KGB colonel turned opposition lawmaker who has angered the Kremlin with his scathing criticism and involvement in street protests against President Vladimir Putin.


9/14/2012 5:23:31 PM

Pakistani women mourn the death of a relatives killed from a fire in a factory in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Pakistani police say they have registered a murder case against the owners and managers of a garment factory in the southern city of Karachi where a fire killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)A Pakistani court has granted bail to three owners of a garment factory in the southern city of Karachi where a fire this week killed 258 people, a defense lawyer said Friday


9/14/2012 5:22:01 PM

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman listens as he meets with reporters after a meeting with team owners, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 in New York. The current collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players expires Saturday at midnight. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)With only two days left to avoid another damaging NHL lockout, players and owners huddled in separate circles to discuss what now seems inevitable.


9/14/2012 5:21:42 PM
Oil prices rose above $99 a barrel Friday in Asia after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a plan to jolt the U.S. economy and unrest in the Middle East heightened concerns about supply.
9/14/2012 5:16:53 PM
Kenyan police said Friday they disrupted a major terrorist attack in its final stages of planning, arresting two people with explosive devices and a cache of weapons and ammunition.
9/14/2012 5:13:01 PM

The Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No. 51, front, sails ahead of a Japan Coast Guard vessel in waters near disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea on Friday morning, Sept. 14, 2012. The Japanese government and coast guard say six Chinese surveillance ships entered Japanese waters Friday near disputed islands in the East China Sea, prompting the prime minister's office to mobilize a task force at its crisis management center. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEChinese and Japanese government ships exchanged warnings Friday in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, while Tokyo called on Beijing to protect its citizens amid anti-Japan protests and reported assaults in China.


9/14/2012 5:12:55 PM

Singer Lady Gaga arrives at a Lady Gaga launched her debut perfume while being inside a giant size perfume bottle.


9/14/2012 4:59:29 PM

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schuble, right, talks to the Managing Director of IMF Christine Lagarde prior of the Informal European economic and financial affairs council in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. European finance ministers are gathering in Cyprus for two days of discussions about the debt crisis and the latest developments in Greece and Spain. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)Greece may be given some more breathing room to meet its bailout commitments but no more money, European finance ministers indicated Friday as they gathered in Cyprus for a top-level meeting.


9/14/2012 4:56:12 PM

The remnants of Isaac will continue to provide heavy rain and thunderstorms through the Mississippi Valley before moving into the eastern third of the country Sunday Sept. 2, 2012. Some additional rain is expected over the Rockies. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)Weather Underground Forecast for Friday, September 14, 2012.


9/14/2012 4:37:36 PM
An official of Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies said Friday he is concerned that new Australian laws to protect communication networks from cyber-attacks could exclude companies from tendering for work simply because they're Chinese.
9/14/2012 4:22:30 PM

Volcanic ash spews from the Volcan de Fuego or Volcano of Fire as seen from Palin, south of Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The long-simmering volcano exploded into a series of powerful eruptions Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and forcing the evacuation of more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)Villagers and farmers living at the foot of a Guatemalan volcano say they were awoken by a massive roar when the long-simmering Volcan del Fuego exploded with a series of eruptions that darkened the skies and covered the surrounding sugar cane fields with ash.


9/14/2012 4:21:08 PM

Walking with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Republican vice presidential candidate, returns to Capitol Hill to vote on a stopgap spending bill that avoids a government shutdown but carries a price tag $19 billion higher than the budget he wrote as chairman of the House Budget Committee, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Congress is moving to quash the threat of a government shutdown, but the prospect of a one-two punch of tax increases and slashing, automatic spending cuts will still confront lawmakers when they return to Washington after Election Day.


9/14/2012 4:13:07 PM
A car went out of control near a Las Vegas intersection and rolled as it slammed into a bus stop, killing four pedestrians and injuring several other people. Police said the driver faces charges of driving under the influence resulting in death.
9/14/2012 4:11:17 PM
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters angry at a film they say insults Prophet Mohammad hurled stones on Friday at a line of police in Cairo blocking their way to the U.S. embassy, which was attacked earlier this week. Police in riot gear fired tear gas and threw stones back at the demonstrators. A burnt-out car was overturned in the middle of the street which leads to the fortified embassy from Tahrir Square. ...
9/14/2012 4:11:03 PM

This photo taken Sept. 12, 2012, shows a grand, aging, red-brick house in Washington, concealed by a pair of towering magnolia trees that has become an unlikely setting for South Korea's festering grievances against Japan that are a sign of growing tensions between two staunch U.S. allies. More than a century ago, the building housed the first Korean diplomatic mission in the U.S. But shortly before annexing Korea in 1910, imperial Japan bought it for a nominal $5 fee then sold it off. Now South Korea has reacquired it for $3.5 million and plans to use the building to showcase its history _ a jab at modern-day Japan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)A grand, aging, red-brick house in Washington concealed by a pair of towering magnolia trees has become an unlikely setting for South Korea's festering grievances against Japan and a reminder of an old rift between the two staunch U.S. allies.


9/14/2012 4:10:33 PM

In this frame grab from a video made on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, Steve Klein, an insurance agent and Christian activist involved in The public face for the anti-Muslim film inflaming the Middle East is not the filmmaker, but an insurance agent and Vietnam War veteran whose unabashed and outspoken hatred of radical Muslims has drawn the attention of civil libertarians, who say he's a hate monger.


9/14/2012 4:08:55 PM
A U.S. judge has thrown out a lawsuit contesting the will of an elderly widow who gave some $60 million to the disgraced Roman Catholic religious order the Legion of Christ.
9/14/2012 4:02:10 PM
An elderly American aid worker kidnapped over a year ago in Pakistan is asking his family to get Jewish communities in the United States to pressure Washington to meet al-Qaida's demands so he can go free, according to a new video of the captive.

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9/14/2012 2:16:57 PM

Protesters break the windows of the U.S. embassy in SanaaSANAA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and the United States sent warships toward Libya, where the U.S. ambassador was killed in related violence this week. In Libya, authorities said they had made four arrests in the investigation into the attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi on Tuesday. U.S. ...


9/14/2012 6:36:18 PM

A protester throws a stone towards riot police, during clashes along a road which leads to the U.S. embassy, near Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians angry at a film they said was blasphemous to Islam on Friday hurled stones at a line of police in Cairo blocking the route to the U.S. embassy, where demonstrators climbed the walls and tore down the American flag earlier this week. "God is greatest" and "There is no god but God", one group near the front of the clashes chanted, as police in riot gear fired tear gas and threw stones back in a street leading from Tahrir Square to the embassy nearby. About 300 people had gathered to protest, some waving flags with religious slogans. ...


9/14/2012 6:16:05 PM

China's Vice President Xi Jinping speaks with Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping could make a public appearance as early as Saturday as he recovers from a bad back, sources said, dispelling rumors about his health after he dropped out of sight at the start of this month. Xi has been out of the public eye for almost two weeks and has skipped meetings with foreign leaders and dignitaries, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ...


9/14/2012 5:06:30 PM

Handout photo of a Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No. 15 cruising in waters off Uotsuri island, one of disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in East China SeaBEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Six Chinese surveillance ships briefly entered waters near disputed islands claimed by Tokyo and Beijing on Friday, raising tensions between Asia's two biggest economies to their highest level since 2010. Japan protested to China and urged that the situation not be allowed to escalate - an outcome neither side would welcome given the two countries' tight economic links. ...


9/14/2012 6:26:13 PM

Anti-nuclear demonstrators gather outside Japanese PM Noda's official residence in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said it intends to stop using nuclear power by the 2030s, marking a major shift from policy goals set before last year's Fukushima disaster that sought to increase the share of atomic energy to more than half of electricity supply. Japan joins countries such as Germany and Switzerland in turning away from nuclear power after last year's earthquake unleashed a tsunami that swamped the Fukushima Daiichi plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. Japan was the third-biggest user of atomic energy before the disaster. ...


9/14/2012 5:07:17 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Borisov in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday denied accusations he was interfering in U.S. politics after coming under fire for fiercely criticizing Washington's handling of Iran. Relations between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama hit a new low this week after the Israeli leader said nations that failed to set red lines for Iran did not have the "moral right" to prevent Israel from launching a military strike. He did not mention the United States by name, but the comments were clearly aimed at Obama and his administration. Coming less than two months before a ...


9/14/2012 5:48:05 PM

Member of the Just Russia political party Gudkov holds up name plate during a session of the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, in MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian parliament expelled an opponent of President Vladimir Putin on Friday in a vote which he said intensified a Kremlin crackdown on dissent and likened to a Stalinist show trial. A vote in the lower house, the State Duma, deprived opposition deputy Gennady Gudkov of his parliamentary immunity over allegations he denied of operating a business while in the assembly, a charge that carries a two-year jail sentence. ...


9/14/2012 4:59:35 PM

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to board his plane for his pastoral visit to Lebanon, at Ciampino Airport in RomeBEIRUT (Reuters) - In 1510, Pope Leo X thanked Divine Providence for having preserved the Maronite Christians through the hardest of times, "planted among infidels, schismatics and heretics as in a field of error". He described them as a "rose among thorns, an impregnable rock in the sea, unshaken by the waves and fury of the thundering tempest". Today, more than five centuries later, Pope Benedict will reassert this message in a three-day visit to Lebanon. His visit comes at a time when Christians in the region feel their existence threatened by the rise of political Islam. ...


9/14/2012 3:41:12 PM

Dutch Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Rutte reacts on stage after the final results in the Netherlands' general election in The HagueAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Rutte said on Friday he wanted to form a government with the Labour Party and said a new coalition could also include other parties. Rutte's Liberal Party became the biggest in the lower house of parliament following a general election on Wednesday, winning 41 seats, to Labour's 38, according to the most recent forecast. "In the Liberals' opinion, a cabinet which has at least Liberals and Labour has to be investigated first. That is also logical looking at the election result," Rutte told reporters. ...


9/14/2012 2:12:54 PM

Israel's Deputy PM Meridor arrives at the Incheon International Airport ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit in SeoulJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu's deputy for intelligence and atomic affairs on Thursday broke with the Israeli prime minister's call for Iran to be confronted with a "red line" beyond which its disputed nuclear program would face military attack. In a broadcast interview, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor appeared to side with the United States in balking at Netanyahu's repeated demand that it set Iran an ultimatum or risk seeing Israel launch region-rattling unilateral strikes. ...


9/14/2012 5:45:50 PM

Egyptian protesters clash with riot police near the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters clashed with police near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo for the third day in a row. Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi vowed to protect foreign embassies in Cairo, where police were using tear gas to disperse protesters at the U.S. mission. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Egypt's president says it's up to Muslims as part of their Islamic duty to protect embassies and foreign diplomats who are guests in the country.


9/14/2012 6:17:42 PM

Russian opposition lawmaker Gennady Gudkov holds a document as he speaks during a plenary session of the State Duma, the lower parliament chamber, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Russia's lower house of parliament is voting Friday Sept. 14, 2012 to expel Gudkov, who has angered the Kremlin with his scathing criticism and participation in opposition rallies. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)A former KGB colonel turned opposition lawmaker who has angered the Kremlin with his scathing criticism and involvement in street protests against President Vladimir Putin was stripped of his parliament seat on Friday.


9/14/2012 4:08:55 PM
A U.S. judge has thrown out a lawsuit contesting the will of an elderly widow who gave some $60 million to the disgraced Roman Catholic religious order the Legion of Christ.
9/14/2012 4:22:30 PM

Volcanic ash spews from the Volcan de Fuego or Volcano of Fire as seen from Palin, south of Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The long-simmering volcano exploded into a series of powerful eruptions Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and forcing the evacuation of more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)Villagers and farmers living at the foot of a Guatemalan volcano say they were awoken by a massive roar when the long-simmering Volcan del Fuego exploded with a series of eruptions that darkened the skies and covered the surrounding sugar cane fields with ash.


9/14/2012 6:08:26 PM

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2008 file photo, Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun attends a press conference in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The Chinese police chief whose flight to a U.S. consulate set off a messy political scandal will stand trial Tuesday, Sept 18. 2012 on charges of attempted defection and bribery, as China's leadership tries to wrap up the turbulent affair before new leaders are put in power in coming weeks. (AP Photo, File) CHINA OUTA trial next week for a flamboyant former police chief marks the latest step by China's leadership to contain the fallout from a messy political scandal that disgraced a senior politician and complicated an unexpectedly bumpy handover of power to new leaders.


9/14/2012 3:43:08 PM

In this photo taken on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, A Pakistani police official and a Christian volunteer escort a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy, towards a helicopter following her release from central prison on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages of a Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of Pakistan?s blasphemy laws, some of the harshest in the Muslim world. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed,file)The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages of a Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of Pakistan's blasphemy laws, some of the harshest in the Muslim world.


9/14/2012 2:53:59 PM

In this Aug. 25, 2012 photo, a TV set at a shoe shop shows President Rafael Correa talking on his weekly program Not all journalists are created equal in the eyes of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa.


9/14/2012 5:31:01 PM
Striking South African miners say they are rejecting a Lonmin platinum mine wage offer of a 900 rand ($112.50) increase that would give new-entry workers a basic monthly salary of 5,500 rand ($688).
9/14/2012 6:09:40 PM
A Japanese Cabinet panel called Friday for phasing out of nuclear power over the next three decades in a major shift for Japan as it overhauls energy policy following the Fukushima meltdowns.
9/14/2012 6:04:21 PM

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schuble, right, talks to the Managing Director of IMF Christine Lagarde prior of the Informal European economic and financial affairs council in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. European finance ministers are gathering in Cyprus for two days of discussions about the debt crisis and the latest developments in Greece and Spain. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)Greece may be given some more breathing room to meet its bailout commitments but no more money, European finance ministers indicated Friday as they gathered in Cyprus for a top-level meeting.


8/22/2012 5:53:38 PM
Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a key portion of a military law that has broadened the influence of military courts and angered civilian victims seeking justice.
8/10/2012 3:58:28 AM

Coconut vendors try to recover their goods after they were caught unprepared when high waves dragged their beach stalls into the sea in Veracruz, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Tropical Storm Ernesto headed into Mexico's southern Gulf coast as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel for drenching rains. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)Tropical Storm Ernesto drenched Mexico's southern Gulf coast Thursday and was expected to head inland, as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel.


8/6/2012 8:44:25 PM

In this photo released by Chile's Presidency, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivers a speech during an event marking the second anniversary of the cave-in at the San Jose mine in the Atacama, honoring the miners who survived in entrapment longer than anyone else before, in front of a monument on the outskirts of Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. Pinera traveled to the northern city of Copiapo to join the men at the mouth of the mine that nearly became their rocky grave. They unveiled a five-meter (16 1/2-foot) cross as part of a monument known as the A cross in the middle of the world's driest desert now marks the spot where a mine collapse trapped 33 men a half-mile under the earth for 69 days.


8/2/2012 9:40:28 AM

FILE - This Nov. 8, 2010 file photo shows a Happy Meal at a McDonald's restaurant in San Francisco, Ca. McDonald's, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken and other fast-food companies are being sued in Chile for violating the country's new law against including toys with children's meals. The law took effect in July 2012 and its author, Sen. Guido Gerardi, filed suit Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, accusing the companies of knowingly endangering the health of children by marketing kids' meals with toys. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)A new law in Chile aims to take some of the fun out of fast-food by forcing McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and other restaurants to stop including toys and other goodies with children's meals.


7/27/2012 8:53:47 AM
The government's human rights commission says there have been 126 attacks on journalists or media outlets in Mexico since 2000 and only 24 of these cases have been prosecuted. Only two of these cases have resulted in convictions.
6/14/2012 3:59:36 AM
The Mexican subsidiary of Spanish cell carrier Telefonica SA and local carrier Iusacell are joining forces to share mobile networks in a bid to expand coverage.
5/24/2012 12:20:43 AM

World powers negotiators arrive at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Negotiators from the U.S. and five other world powers sat down Wednesday with a team of Iranian diplomats to try to hammer out specific goals in the years-long impasse over Tehran's nuclear program.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ameen, Pool)Iran traded proposals with six world powers, including the United States, Wednesday in a new round of talks aimed at persuading Tehran to curb its nuclear program and ease concerns it wants to make atomic weapons. But divisions over sanctions complicated the discussions.


5/23/2012 7:11:38 PM

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano, center, from Japan speaks to the media after returning from Iran at the Vienna International Airport near Schwechat, Austria, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Amano says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will Iran and six world powers resumed talks Wednesday over Tehran's nuclear program, with the Iranians pushing for specific timetables and goals but Westerns leaders signaling they want more disclosures before offering rewards.


5/23/2012 1:14:33 PM

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano, center, from Japan speaks to the media after returning from Iran at the Vienna International Airport near Schwechat, Austria, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Amano says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will Iran has made the first move in attempts to gain an edge in nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers: It agreed in principle to allow U.N. inspectors to restart probes into a military site suspected of harboring tests related to atomic weapons.


5/23/2012 5:29:04 AM

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan speaks to the media after returning from Iran at the Vienna International Airport near Schwechat, Austria, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Amano says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms, the U.N. nuclear chief said Tuesday.


5/23/2012 12:01:07 AM

El jefe de la Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica, el japonés , en una rueda de prensa en el aeropuerto de Viena a su regresó de Irán el martes, 22 de mayo del 2012. (Foto AP).Pese a ciertas diferencias que perduran fue logrado un acuerdo entre Irán y el organismo nuclear de las Naciones Unidas que permitirá a sus observadores reanudar la inspección de instalaciones atómicas, ante la sospecha de que el gobierno de Teherán trabaja secretamente para producir ojivas nucleares, dijo el martes el director de la AIEA.


5/22/2012 5:20:28 PM

El principal negociador de Irán sobre armas nucleares, Saeed Jalili, derecha, posa con el director general de la Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica (AIEA) Yukiya Amano, al concluir una cita en Teherán, la capital iraní el lunes 21 de mayo del 2012. Amano dijo el martes que había llegado a un acuerdo con Irán que será firmado El director general de la Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica dijo el martes que había llegado a un acuerdo con Irán para inspecciones de sospechas de fabricación de armas atómicas y agregó que el acuerdo será firmado "dentro de poco".


2/8/2011 1:50:04 PM
With cheerleaders shouting encouragement, more than 1,000 young Japanese trying to break into the job market have held a pep rally in Tokyo to highlight what officials say is the bleakest employment outlook Japan has faced in years.
2/8/2011 11:58:39 AM

A chef with a restaurant enjoys fireworks to celebrate the fifth day of Chinese New Year in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)State media are reporting that people celebrating the Lunar New Year by setting off fireworks in Beijing caused 194 fires in the Chinese capital, double the number from last year.


2/8/2011 11:48:55 AM

A media person talks on his cell phone outside Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena where the Japan Sumo Association is holding an emergency meeting in Tokyo Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. In the meeting, the Japan Sumo Association decided to call off its Spring Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for March, the first cancellation in 65 years, as the country's ancient sport grapples with a match-fixing scandal. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)Japan's sumo association began questioning dozens of top wrestlers Tuesday in a widening investigation into allegations of bout-fixing that have deeply tarnished the image of the nation's ancient national sport.


2/8/2011 9:28:32 AM
The Philippine health secretary says a former military chief implicated in a corruption scandal has died of a gunshot wound.
2/8/2011 9:26:09 AM
Health secretary says former Philippine military chief in center of corruption probe shot dead.
2/8/2011 9:20:24 AM
Taiwan has recalled its representative to the Philippines over Manila's decision to extradite 14 Taiwanese citizens to face criminal prosecution in China.
2/8/2011 8:52:01 AM
A group of South Korean military officers has headed to a rare meeting with North Korean officials to try to lay the groundwork for high-level defense talks aimed at easing hostilities on the peninsula.
2/7/2011 12:46:03 PM

State police investigators and forensic workers examine the scene where a crew member of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was found dead in the resort island of Cozumel, Mexico, Saturday Feb. 5, 2011. The body of Monika Markiewicz, 32, was recovered from the ocean off the southern part of the island and an autopsy determined the cause of death was drowning but added that Markiewicz also suffered a blow to the head. Police are investigating whether her death was a homicide, according to state authorities and company officials. (AP Photo/Angel Castellanos)A crew member of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was found dead in the Mexican resort island of Cozumel, possibly the victim of a violent crime, authorities and company officials said Sunday.




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